Docker Cookbook

242 | Chapter 8: Docker in the Cloud

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$ docker --tls -H tcp://goasguen.cloudapp.net:4243 ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
$ docker --tls -H tcp://goasguen.cloudapp.net:4243 images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE
Using this CLI is not Docker-specific. This CLI gives you access to
the complete set of Azure APIs. However, using it to start instances
and install Docker in them significantly streamlines the provision‐
ing of Docker hosts.
See Also
• The Azure command-line 
interface
• Starting a 
CoreOS
instance on Azure
• Using Docker Machine with 
Azure
8.5 Starting a Docker Host on AWS Using Docker Machine
Problem
You understand how to use the AWS CLI to start an instance in the cloud and know
how to install Docker (see 
Recipe 8.2
). But you would like to use a streamlined pro‐
cess integrated with the Docker user experience.
Solution
Use 
Docker Machine
and its AWS EC2 driver.
Download the release candidate binaries for Docker Machine. Set some environment
variables so that Docker Machine knows your AWS API keys and your default VPC
in which to start the Docker host. Then use Docker Machine to start the instance.
Docker automatically sets up a TLS connection, and you can use this remote Docker
host started in AWS. On a 64-bit Linux machine, do the following:
$ sudo su
# curl -L https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/\
download/v0.4.0/docker-machine_linux-amd64 > \
/usr/local/bin/docker-machine
# chmod +x docker-machine
# exit
$ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
$ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
$ export AWS_VPC_ID=
$ docker-machine create -d amazonec2 cookbook
INFO[0000] Launching instance...